Combination hair and hat fastener



Aprii 2Q, 1943. M. MARCK 2,3?5Z2fi7 COMBINATION HAIR AND HAT FASTENER Filed NOV. 19, 19 .1

Patented Apr. 20, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION HAIR-AND HAT FASTENER Mildred Marck, San Diego, Calif.

Application November 19, 1941, Serial No. 419,771

6 Claims. '(Cl. 132-65) This invention is an improvement in a combination hair and hat fastener, and embodies new and useful features designed to simultaneously and securely retain the hair and hat in predetermined form and position respectively.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined hair and hat fastener having opposing clasping members, possessed of sufficient resiliency to positively and rigidly clamp the hair against the hat, and to prevent the device from shifting from its predetermined position; and at the same time to retain the hair in the same form in which it has been fastened by the device, as well as to prevent the hat from shifting from the position in which it has been fastened.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined hair and hat fastener shaped to fit or conform to the contour of the head of the user, as well as the curvature of the hat, thereby contributing to the result of maintaining the device in its predetermined position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined hair and hat fastener shaped and designed in such manner as to make the same substantially invisible from the outside of the hat when applied, or in use, and which at the same time may be easily and quickly applied.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined hair and hat fastener that will operate to clasp and hold the hair of the user against the inner fabric of the hat, as opposed to any related device operating to press the hair towards or against the scalp, or head; and at the same time will engage the fabric of the hat by insertion from the inside of the latter through means that will prevent disengagement therefrom.

Still additional objects of the invention reside in the specific construction and form of the device, whereby one member thereof is wide and long enough to engage throughout its length and breadth a sufficient quantity of the hair and press it against an equal area of the inner fabric of the hat, thereby affording an effective clasping surface between the said member of the device and the fabric of the hat to prevent easy displacement, and at the same time to embrace and fasten in form any desired quantity of the hair.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a combined hair and hat fastener of such form as to permit a relatively large area of the hair of the user to come into contact with the pliable, or soft fabric of the inner surface of the hat, thereby creating sufficient friction to prevent displacement of the device, and at the same time to obviate any visible creasing of the hair on the outer surface thereof that would indicate the use of any such device after the hat has been removed.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent throughout the following detail description with reference to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional viev. of the device, together with a sectional view of a hat, showing the device in its application and use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the device, showing the relative size and shape of the clasping and pin fastening members of the device.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation view of the device, also showing the shape of the clasping and pin fastening members of the device.

Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout different views in the drawing.

In Fig. 1, the application and use of this combination hair and hat fastener is conventionally shown, and in which, I, represents a fragment of the hat to be fastened in place on the users head, and, ,6, hair to be held in form by the device at the same time the hat is fastened in place.

The combination hair and hat fastener is made in its entirety of a single piece of spring steel folded upon itself and forming a resilient loop, I, at the point of folding, which applies increased resiliency for the firm clasping of the hair against the inner surface of the hat, 5. The folding of the spring steel, as above described, forms two parallel members, one of which, designated 8, is the clasping member, and the other, designated 9, is the hat fastening pin. Both the clasping member, 8, and the hat fastening pin, 9, are curved so as to substantially conform respectively to the curvature of the head of the user and to the curvature of the inside of the hat.

The clasping member, 8, is relatively wide and long, soas to engage a considerable area and quantity of the hair from underneath and press same against the fabric of the hat, 5, on the inside of the latter, the fabric of the hat forming an opposing clasping surface, which, being pliable, or soft, obviates creasing or crimping of the hair on the outer surface. The device operates through the clasping member, 8, and the hat fastening pin, 9, to form a union between the hair, 6, and the hat, 5, and to create a clasping action between the surface of the clasping member, 8, and a corresponding surface area of the fabric on the inside of the hat.

The hat fastening pin, 9, is relatively small are employed, greater stability of fastening the throughout its length from its point of projection, or extension from the loop, 1, as shown at 10, and is shorter than the clasping member, 8. The hat fastening pin, 9, near its free extremity is bent into a semicircle, or partial loop to form a saddle, I2, which receives a relatively small section, 13, of the fabric of the hat, thus rendering the device substantially invisible from the outside of the hat when in use, and at the same time affording means to securely engage the fabric of the hat and be retained by said saddle, 12, thereby preventing accidental disengagement of the device either from the hat or the hair. In other words, by this special retaining method of the device with the hat, and the clasping method of the hair against the fabric of the hat, the device is' held against displacement, and the securely fastened to the hair.

The free end of the hat fastening pin, 9, is tapered immediately from the saddle, [2, to form a sharp point, l4, extending outwardly at an angle from the surface of the clasping member, 8, thus enabling the hat fastening pin, 9,' to be easily and quickly inserted in the fabric of the hat after the device has first been applied to the hair and the latter fastened in the desired place, or form, without disarrangement of the hair, or displacement of the device.

It is obvious that one or more of these devices may be employed, and in the latter case, they may be spaced apart, or placed in such positions where desired to retain the hair in form, or to fasten the hat, either or both as the case may Obviously, if two or more of these devices hair and hat will be accomplished. a

While there has been described and illustrated a specific form of the invention, it is understood such form is susceptible of modifications in form and application without departing from the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, the following therefor is claimed:

1; A combined hair and hat fastener formed of a single piece of resilient material folded upon itself intermediate its ends to form two opposing curved and parallel members, one of said members being relatively wide to form 'a clasping member, the other member being relatively smaller and having its free end tapered to a sharp point to form a fastening pin, and the free end of said fastening pin being bent to extend away from said clasping member.

2. A combination hair and hat fastener formed of a single piece of resilient material; said material being folded upon itself and forming a clasping member and a fastening pin both being curved and extending parallel with each other, a resilient loop formed at the point of folding of said resilient material from which loop said members extend, the opposite ends of said members being free, the free end of the fastening pin hat also being tapered to form a sharp point and bent outwardly from the clasping member, and said fastening pin being bent intermediate its extremities to form a saddle.

3. A combination hair and. hat fastener consisting of a. single piece of resilient material folded intermediate its ends to form a loop at the point of fold and to form an opposing clasping member and fastening pin extending parallel with each other, both of said members being curved, the clasping member being relatively wide and long, the fastening pin being bent intermediately to form a saddle, and the free end of said fastening pin being tapered to form a sharp point and bent to occupy a position extending away from said clasping member.

4. A combination hair and hat fastener formed of "a single piece of resilient material folded intermediately upon itself to form a resilient loop at the point of folding and two opposing parallel members extending from the material forming said loop, one of said members beingwider and longer than the other member and forming a clasping member, the other member forming a fastening pin, the fastening pin being bent to form a saddle intermediate its extremities, and having its free end tapered to a sharp point, said free and tapered end projecting immediately from said saddle away from said clasping memparallel with each other, both of said members being curved and their opposite ends being free, the free end of the fastening pin being tapered to form a sharp point bentoutwardly from the clasping member, said fastening pin being bent intermediate its extremities to form a saddle adapted to seat itself in the fabric of the'hat, and the clasping member being disposed in relation to the fastening pin so that the greater part of its area will press the hair against the fabric of the hat.

6. A combination hair and hat fastener formed of a single piece of resilient material folded upon itself intermediate its ends into parallel opposing members, one member forming a clamping member and the other a fastening pin, the opposite ends of both said members being free, means on said fastening pin intermediate its extremities adapted to engage the hat, and the clampingv member being disposed in relation to the fastening pin so that the greater part of its area will press the hair against the fabric of the hat.

MHIDRED MARCK. 

